Talk of a return to health-care premiums is making the rounds as the
province grapples with its redinked budget in the midst of a
tumultuous global economy.
The province says in secondquarter financial numbers released
yesterday that it expects to finish
the 2011-12 fiscal year next spring
with a $3.1-billion deficit — close
to what it had forecast in the budget.
The revised numbers are a big
shift from three months ago, when
officials predicted oil leases and
strong oil prices meant the deficit
would be almost $2 billion less
than the $3.4 billion predicted last
spring.
Deputy premier Doug Horner
and Finance Minister Ron Liepert
said the goal is still to balance the
budget by 2013-14, as promised by
Premier Alison Redford, without
sharp budget cuts that occurred
under former premier Ralph Klein

Wildrose critic
Deficit. Wildrose party critic Rob
Anderson said the government
is running a deficit because it
can’t manage its money.
Tax increases. “Albertans are
telling us that they’re not interested in tax increases,” said
Anderson. “Clearly no one wants
’90s-style, deep, five per cent,
across-the-board cuts, but what
they are looking for is commonsense austerity.”

in the early 1990s.
Both mentioned that recent
roundtable discussions with selected citizens indicated the province
should look at new “revenue
streams,” including a return to
health-care premiums.
Those premiums, worth as
much as $1 billion to government

coffers, were abandoned under former premier Ed Stelmach in 2009.
Opposition critics said Liepert
and Horner are laying the groundwork to bring the fees back, but
Horner said their return isn’t a specific target, just a point of discussion.
“We’re not taking anything off
the table except a sales tax — and
the reality is that’s what Albertans
have told us.”
NDP Leader Brian Mason said a
return to health premiums would
cost a family $1,000 a year and
hammer middle and low-income
earners.
One way or the other, the writing is on the wall for Alberta’s neediest, he suggested. “If you’re going
to balance (the budget) by cutting,
you’re going to have to balance it
in the area where the government
spends the vast majority of its money, and that’s in health and education.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO

Bible school
working with
police after
allegations
The president of an Alberta
Bible college says the
school has nothing to hide
and that’s why he informed
the RCMP about sex-abuse
allegations.
Mark Maxwell, president
of Prairie Bible Institute in
Three Hills, says he
brought a file to police regarding allegations said to
have occurred between 30
and 50 years ago.
Linda Fossen, who
attended the school and
college in the 1960s and
1970s, says she has encouraged several alumni members to contact police.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Cracking
down on
impaired
driving
Alberta is cracking down
on suspected impaired drivers with proposed
legislation that calls for
more mandatory vehicle
seizures and licence
suspensions.
Under the proposed
changes, drivers caught
with over the legal limit of
.08 for the first time would
lose their vehicle for three
days and lose their licence
until the criminal charge
was resolved. They would
then have to install an alcohol-screening device for
one year — at their cost —
to prevent their vehicle
from starting if booze were
detected. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Police remained on scene yesterday at a southwest Calgary home long
connected to drug problems after a body was found inside late Sunday.

Home where body found
has ‘disgusting’ reputation
One body inside, another injured in Killarney-area incident late Sunday
Alderman wants residence with history of drug problems torn down
JEREMY
NOLAIS

@METRONEWS.CA

Neighbours of a southwest
Calgary home where a body
was found late Sunday say
they are fed up with crime
problems involving the residence that date back six
years.
Police have yet to lay
charges after arriving on
scene late Sunday to find an
injured
individual
on
Kilkenny Road Southwest
and another dead inside a
home on the corner where
the road intersects with

37th Street Southwest.
Both men suffered from
knife wounds, said Staff
Sgt. Doug Andrus.
News of the incident did
little to surprise neighbours
along the road — many of
whom have called police repeatedly in recent years to
report crimes involving
drugs, prostitution and violence.
“It’s disgusting,” said
mother of three, Bobbie
Casello. “They need to bulldoze that home until
there’s nothing left.... This
is why I don’t sleep.”
The residence, cordoned

off with yellow police tape
yesterday, was shut down
for 90 days in February using a provision in the Safer
Communities and Neighbourhoods Act specifically
targeting drug houses.
Since 2005, police have visited the home nearly 100
times and logged a number
of arrests.
Ald. John Mar, who met
with concerned citizens last
year to discuss problems associated with the home, believes Sunday’s incident
serves as the final straw.
“Now I think it’s absolutely time for us to re-

Details
Police Staff Sgt. Doug Andrus said an individual
found injured in front of
the home on Kilkenny
Road Southwest was in detention yesterday, but his
injuries had prevented authorities from conducting
a formal interview.
An autopsy on the body of
the deceased individual,
believed to be in his late
40s, is scheduled for today.

move it — destroy the property,” he said.

The Quebec government
announces that a Montreal
university will appoint
North America’s first research
chair on homophobia. Scan
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There’s plenty
of good
economic news
to be found
these days, says
Allan Small, and
investors should
be paying
attention to it.
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Public weighs in on budget
KATIE TURNER/METRO

About 25 have their say in front
of council Debating begins today
KATIE
TURNER

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Ald. Gael MacLeod stands in council chambers while
questioning one of several members of the public at
yesterday’s council meeting.

Public-interest groups paraded in front of council
yesterday, adding to the
lengthy list of funding requests before council.
For nearly eight hours,
council heard a range of
opinions from arts advocates to supporters of lowincome transit passes to
those wanting to reduce
city employee pensions.
“It may take a long time
... but I think it’s important
that we have that debate,”
said Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
About 100 suggestions
were also submitted online.
“The message that it
sends is there is a large
body of people that are interested,” said manager of
transportation, Mac Logan,
who received 40 online sub-

About 50 online
submissions were made to
the community and protective services department.
Manager Erika Hargesheimer said the majority of
those were in regards to financial troubles faced by
the Calgary Youth Singers.

missions for his department — 39 related to the
cycling strategy.
Ald. Gael MacLeod said
she and her colleagues are
responsible for sifting
through the material.
“It all helps to inform.
That doesn’t mean we’re
going to do what everybody
wants — we can’t,” she
said. “But it does provide ...
a filter through which to
read the budget and understand the impact.”

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Bump in road for cyclist

Murder trial
delayed
RIETZE. Charged with

Johnny Kootenay

High-risk
offender warning

killing his teenage
stepdaughter nearly two
years ago, a Calgary man
will undergo further medical assessment before his
jury trial begins in
February.
The trial involving
Bradley Wade Rietze was
scheduled to begin yesterday. METRO

DRUMHELLER. RCMP are

warning the public about
the release of a man previously convicted of aggravated assault.
Johnny Kootenay will
be released from the
Drumheller Institution tomorrow after serving two
years for his crime.
He will be residing on
the Morley reserve, west
of Calgary, according to a
release, and has a long
history of violence,
including two previous
convictions for assaulting
a peace officer. METRO

School bus hits
Dalhousie home
NORTHWEST. Emergency re-

sponders reported no serious injuries after a school
bus veered off a road and
crashed into a northwest
Calgary home yesterday
afternoon.
The bus was carrying
30 children at the time.
There was no word on
what caused the bus to
veer off course.
METRO

Calgary biker returned home last Thursday after injuring himself
Plans to resume cycling around the world as soon as possible
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

KATIE
TURNER

Blais’ ride

@METRONEWS.CA

After biking around the
world for well over a year,
narrowly avoiding being
struck by cars and evading robberies, it was a pothole that sent Calgarian
Jeremie Blais home.
Blais, 29, quit his job as
a computer engineer and
set out to ride around Europe in June 2010 but his
adventure took him far
beyond the eight months
he had planned and well
beyond European borders.
“The idea was to get to
the Himalayas,” he said.
Starting out in Stockholm, Blais eventually
made his way to Pakistan
over a more than 16month period.

Jeremie Blais chronicled
his trip on a blog, which
can be found at
blaisingsaddles.com.
Over the course of his trip,
Blais visited 23 countries.
After his injury, Blais said it
took 10 days for him to get
back to Canada.
Blais said he’s considering
a bike trip from Argentina
to Alaska.
Calgary cyclist Jeremie Blais gives a thumbs-up while
travelling through Fethiye, Turkey. Blais was injured earlier
this month but plans to get back on the bike soon.

During a moment of
“dumb luck” Blais said he
hit a pothole while riding
down a rural road, sending him over his handle-

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Blais plans to be back
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Occupy campers told
to pack up and leave
Activists in many locations vow the movement will live on, perhaps
in some other incarnation Some protesters plan to peacefully resist
NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

The pan-Canadian wall of
corporate resistance erected by Occupy protesters
five weeks ago was crumbling yesterday as camps in
several major cities were
dismantled or told by the
courts staying put was futile.
The day began with a
judge in Toronto decreeing
protesters in a city park
were trespassing. It saw
Vancouver’s activists feverishly tear down their minivillage
before
some
relocated across the street
at the courthouse. And it
closed with the mayor of
Montreal for the first time
asking his city’s group to
vacate.
Protesters in Ottawa

City of Toronto bylaw oﬃcers
are accompanied by police as
they place a new batch of eviction
notices on tents and structures
at the Occupy Toronto grounds
in St. James Park, in Toronto,
yesterday.

were also handed their notice of eviction.

The Edmonton camp
was still up despite a mid-

night Sunday deadline to
tear down. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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We paid $1,600
to remove a bed
at G8 summit
Canadian taxpayers forked
out almost $2 million —
including
more
than
$1,600 to remove a bed —
to spruce up a luxury
Muskoka resort for last
year’s G8 summit.
The renovations included $500 to remove a small
light fixture from one
room and $3,000 to raise a
large chandelier in the
main lobby of Deerhurst
Resort.
The Harper government
picked up the tab, which
also included $1,540 to
move furniture in rooms
used by the German delegation and $1,650 to remove a king-sized bed and
headboard from a room
used by the French delegation. THE CANADIAN PRESS
PRISON PROBLEM

Unwanted
friend
requests
Lisa Gesik hesitates to log
into her Facebook
account nowadays
because of unwanted
“friend” requests, not
from long-ago classmates
but from the ex-husband
now in prison for kidnapping her and her daughter.
Neither Gesik nor
prison officials can prove

No details
Departmental spokesperson Natalie Pennefather
said “full and complete
documentation” was
required before the
government finalized payment for any of the work
done at Deerhurst. She
said such records were
“only available” through
Access to Information.
Yet a subsequent access request for all receipts related to the $1.9-million
renovation tab produced
nothing close to full and
complete documentation.
Only the $95,000 worth of
renovations to office
spaces were detailed.

her ex-husband is sending her the messages,
which feature photos of
him wearing his prison
blues and dark sunglasses, arms crossed as
he poses in front of a
prison gate.
“It’s just being victimized all over again,” she
said.
Across the U.S. and beyond, inmates are using
social networks and the
growing numbers of
smartphones smuggled
into prisons and jails to
harass their victims or
accusers and intimidate
witnesses.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Man jailed for Two face court
pouring water for selling
on bus driver lost puppy
A 20-year-old man is looking at more than a month
in jail after dumping a bottle of water on a Toronto
bus driver.
The Toronto Transit
Commission says the man
got into an argument with
the bus driver over a fare
on Nov. 13.
The man poured the
contents of a water bottle
over the driver’s head and
then pushed him. Taiseer
Abubakar pleaded guilty
to all charges and was sentenced to 36 days in jail.

Two women are due in
court early next month after a dog that had been reported lost in
Peterborough, Ont., was
sold through an Internet
site. Police say a boxer puppy missing from a Peterborough home was later found
by one of the suspects who
placed an ad on Kijiji to sell
the dog.
An Ajax resident bought
the dog for $350.
The dog has since been
recovered and returned to
its rightful owner.

Breast-screening
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Most women in their 40s
should not have routine
mammograms and those
50 to 69 can wait slightly
longer between the tests
than previously recommended, updated Canadian
breast-cancerscreening guidelines advise.
And for the first time,
the Canadian Task Force
on Preventive Health Care
that developed the guidelines says that women
aged 70 to 74 should be
getting mammograms on
the same schedule as
those 50 to 69.
The revamped guidelines, published yesterday
in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal, apply
to women with an average
risk of developing the disease — no previous breast
cancer, no history of the
disease in a first-degree
relative like a mother or

sister, no known BRCA genetic mutation and no
previous exposure to radiation of the chest wall.
In its previous set of
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“Before, there was no
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In the 2001 guidelines,
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The new guidelines
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Authorities have compensated an Australian man
$100,000 after he was
wrongly accused of trying
to smuggle drugs into the
country in bottles of shampoo.
Neil Parry spent three
days in jail last year after
he was arrested at Darwin
Airport and accused of trafficking liquid ecstasy.
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Pantene Pro-V shampoo
and conditioner contained
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the United States in announcing additional sanctions against Iran yesterday,
as the three countries
stepped up pressure on
Tehran to end its nuclearweapons program.
The United Nations International Atomic Energy

Agency in Vienna warned
two weeks ago that Tehran
was more than likely on the
way to acquiring nuclear
weapons.
House leader Peter Van
Loan told the Commons
that Canada would expand
previous sanctions to block
“virtually all” transactions

with Iran’s central bank.
“We will do what it takes
to isolate the regime and to
minimize the risk that it
poses to global peace,” he
said. In July 2010, Canada
imposed sanctions on Iran
under the Special Economic
Measures Act.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Government hands in resignation
Members of Egypt’s army-appointed government stepped down yesterday, as
thousands of protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square clashed with security forces for
the third straight day in violence that has killed at least 26 people.

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Canadians overworked,
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Mental health conditions ranked top cause for short
and long-term disability claims, researchers found
productivity practices of
North American companies.
“Canadian respondents
cited excessive workloads,
lack of work/life balance,
unclear or conflicting job
expectations and inadequate staffing as top
sources
of
workplace
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As firms look to combat
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who engage in fitness and
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to offer some type of financial reward in 2012, up
from 13 per cent who currently do so,” the study
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What’s it like having Silvio
Berlusconi as a sidekick for
your album?

The premier, who is from
Milan, has the rare
privilege of being comfortable even with the hardest
words of the Neapolitan dialect. ... He’s got natural talent: he could write a song
in five minutes or even at
night.
From the streets of Naples to
Berlusconi’s villas, your musical collaboration goes far beyond the studio albums.

BERLUSCONI RELEASES
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‘IN ITALY, I AM THE ONE
WITH THE PEST NOW’
Former cruise-ship crooner,
ﬂamboyant billionaire,
now ex-Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi kickstarts a new career by
going back where it all began: the music industry.
All the 11 “elegant and
reﬁned songs” in his newest
release Il Vero Amore (True
Love), are written in

Neapolitan
dialect
by
Berlusconi and arranged by
folk-singer Mariano Apicella.
Over the past decade,
Apicella has been invited to
the former PM’s luxury retreat in Sardinia. Now, he
admits, “people look at me
as if I was infected with a
plague.”

I have a one-year contract
with him. I work on call: he
summons me and
sometimes we play together at his parties. They were
absolutely normal and decent dinners.
Becoming Berlusconi’s personal serenader must be a tough
job.

Even if you are Frank Sinatra or Pavarotti but you are
friends with Berlusconi,
people look at you as you
were a “chiavica”
(“rubbish”).
Your music career owes a lot to
Mr. Berlusconi: aren’t you
afraid that it will fade away
with his political adventure?

I don’t believe he will ever
quit his political career.
He’s not a quitter, he
cannot stand inactivity.
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SUNDAY BEST:
AN ODE
TO BRUNCH
In my early 20s, eating breakfast on the weekend was a
pretty pathetic affair. It never
happened before 1 p.m. and
JESSICA NAPIER
almost always took place at a
METRO
greasy diner called The Pancake House. Sweatpants were the dress
code and if my bill came to more than $6
after tax and tip I was doing something
wrong.
After I graduated and moved off
campus into a grownup apartment something happened: I stopped eating
breakfast and started going for brunch.
If you’re unfamiliar with the most delicious portmanteau in the dictionary, brunch is that sweet spot between
breakfast and lunch. It isn’t just a meal; it’s an epicurean
event. Brunch is a hungover server’s worst nightmare
and arguably the most civilized part of my week.
To become a person who brunches (it’s also a verb
now), you must develop a whole new attitude toward the
late-morning meal.
When I go for brunch,
I expect to wait at least 45
“I don’t raise
minutes for a seat because,
naturally, any restaurant
an eyebrow at
worth going to doesn’t take
the outlandishly
reservations. When I finally
overpriced menu sit down, I order three
different beverages — ice
items; I eagerly
water, an Americano and a
hand over $20
mimosa — to combat my
for deconstructed dehydration, fatigue and
hangover, respectively. I
French toast
don’t raise an eyebrow at
or huevos
the outlandishly overpriced
rancheros.
menu items; I eagerly hand
I mean, this
over $20 for deconstructed
French toast or huevos
isn’t just your
rancheros. I mean, this isn’t
run-of-the-mill
just your run-of-the-mill babacon and eggs
con and eggs — it’s brunch.
If my buttermilk
— it’s brunch.”
pancakes have berries in
them, I want those berries
hand-foraged from a local bramble and soaked in cassis
for three days. I don’t want sausage; I want chorizo. I
don’t want toast; I want fresh-baked focaccia seasoned
with rosemary and sea salt. Why is that Bloody Caesar in
a regular glass — shouldn’t it be in a decorative mason
jar?
I probably shouldn’t be this high-maintenance when
it comes to breakfast. I really can’t afford to care this
much about where my fruit garnish came from and
whether the chicken that hatched my egg-white
omelette was raised on an organic diet.
Yes, I could make these meals at home, saving myself
money and the hassle of this so-hip-it-hurts ritual. But, as
gratuitous as it is, brunch has become an integral part of
my weekend routine.
One day a week I give myself licence to be completely
pretentious about waffles and consume 1,200 calories before noon. Let’s face it: Sunday just can’t happen until
I’ve had some hollandaise.

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Toronto restaurant
e11even has been
named the best in
Canada — not for the
food but for the loo.
The upscale
downtown dining spot
won the second annual
“Canada’s Best
Restroom” contest
conducted by
Mississauga, Ont.-based
Cintas Canada Ltd., a
provider of hygiene
products.
Thousands of votes
were cast on the
contest’s website,
Cintas said.
With marble from
floor to ceiling and
elegant mosaic tile
accents, e11even’s
washrooms flushed
away the competition.
In second place was
Allstream Centre in
Toronto, followed by
Hotel Le Germain in
Montreal, David Morris
Fine Cars in Edmonton
and the Ottawa
Convention Centre.
“We are thrilled to
receive this honour,”
said e11even general
manager Steven Salm.
“While it may not
always be top of mind
when dining, we feel
that the restroom is an
integral part of the
overall design.”
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beat-up car. He spins the truck — and
its 90-kilogram tires — clockwise,
then backwards, leaving behind a
cloud of dust in its tracks at his training centre in Ocala, Fla.
Despite these feats, KJ can barely
see over the steering wheel. At eight
years old, he is the youngest monsterKaid Jaret Olson-Weston is strapped
truck driver.
into a 1,270-kilogram half-scale
KJ performs across the U.S. at about
monster truck, humming playfully
60 different shows every year. He signs
as he waits for the green light.
hundreds of autographs at each
KJ, as he is known to his fans,
show, but still considers himsits patiently as he and his
self an average kid.
coach go over the safe“I do really good in school
ty features in his truck.
and am able to drive this,
The roll cage is lowwhich people think it
ered. KJ starts the
might be hard but it’s
engine and jumps
KJ with his monster truck.
actually pretty easy,” he
over humps of dirt
said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
before crushing a
WEIRD NEWS

Kingsley keeps it simple
Actor Sir Ben Kingsley talks about the importance of understatement when filming in 3D
HANDOUT

scene
Scene in brief

Acclaimed documentaries from Werner
Herzog, Errol Morris,
Morgan Spurlock
(shown) and Steve
James have missed
out on a shot at the
Academy Awards.
Herzog's Into the
Abyss, Morris’
Tabloid, Spurlock’s
The Greatest Movie
Ever Sold and James’
The Interrupters did
not make the short
list of 15 documentaries eligible for the
feature-length prize
at the Feb. 26 Oscars.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enthused by 3-D, Martin
Scorsese learns to see in a new
dimension with Hugo

Last year he played a mysterious doctor in Martin
Scorsese’s Shutter Island
and now Sir Ben Kingsley
partners up once again
with Marty as he affectionately calls him, but for
lighter fare. In Hugo, Kingsley plays one of the world’s
first filmmakers, Georges
Melies, who directed A Trip
to the Moon and hundreds
of other silent films in the
early 20th century. Kingsley gave Metro a few moments of his undivided
attention to chat about the
3D filmmaking of Hugo

and his upcoming film, The
Dictator.
George Melies’ ﬁlm A Trip to
the Moon is one of the most
iconic early ﬁlms ever made.
Do you remember where and
when you ﬁrst saw it?

I don’t remember when it
was but I do know that
when I was at school, it
was a great school and it
had a film society. We
were able to watch some
of cinema’s masterpieces
that came from way back. I
know that we watched
Fritz Lang films, Eisenstein
films, and I think in and
amongst them was The
Trip to the Moon because I
know I’d seen it before I
got [Martin Scorsese’s]

offer. It was so familiar.
Did shooting in 3D for Hugo
aﬀect your performance at
all?

Yes. The 3D camera
brought a kind of bonus
where it was detail, detail,
detail, very little CGI,
which fed our performances tremendously and
kept us in character beautifully. Also, the scrutiny
of a 3D camera is quite
alarming. I noticed fairly
early on that the 3D camera can see what you’ve
done before you’ve done
it. It’s so scrutinizing. It’s
x-ray. You can see the
most delicate changes of
body language and facial
expression, almost pulse

On the set of Hugo you were
known for staying in character as Melies in his later
years, when he was quite
cranky and withdrawn. How
did your young co-stars Asa
Butterﬁeld (Hugo) and Chloe
Grace-Moretz (Isabelle) react
to that?

Staying in character for
me was almost mandatory. I’m quite fit and slim
but I had to strap on this

pot belly and I had to
strap on this hump in my
shoulders to have this depressed body. I’m more
like the [younger] Georges
directing in the glass
house. I felt, it was going
to be a huge effort to take
all this off so I thought, “I
must stay in character.”
Even though he was a sad
man and somewhat defeated, I quite enjoyed
that I had to stay in character. Then I learned to
capitalize on it. I started
speaking to both [Moretz
and Butterfield] in French.
I found it really fed the
work so that by the time,
whenever Marty said ‘action’ to Asa, he was already dealing with me.

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and heartbeat. One thing
that 3D camera insisted
on was, “don’t try to act.
Don’t show off. Don’t be
clever.” Of course, Mr.
Scorsese would also say,
“keep it simple. Keep it
honest.” I mean, that’s almost his maxim.

Without
American
@Colin_Hanks
thanksgiving to hold it back, Paris is
very close to becoming
Christmas city y'all. And it's
not even December.

We have seen enough to know that we have seen too much
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THE WORD
DOROTHY ROBINSON
SCENE@METRONEWS.CA

Jennifer Lopez
is ridiculous.
I put up with
her Fiat commercials. I admit I was a
little thrown
when the car appeared in
her Papi music video (and a
30-second trailer for the
video) but I dealt with it.
But did a Fiat 500 really
have to appear onstage
with her during her performance of Papi during
Sunday night’s AMA’s?
It’s just that everything
lately with the celeb has

It seems Jennifer Lopez dragged Britney’s old get-up out
of the closet for Sunday’s American Music Awards.

been so in-your-face. I realize she is trying to stage a
comeback and is trying to
refill her bank account, but
it’s reaching saturation
point (like, what was up
with that skintight Britney
Spears-esque bodysuit she

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dish

was wearing at the AMA’s?
We get it. You’re 42 and still
super hot but come on, put
some pants on. You’re a
mom now; you can be sexy
without showing off your
crotch).
She is acting like a slutty

reality TV contestant instead of the true star she is.
Another case in point?
She was sure to leak her behaviour at a celebritypacked AMA after-party to
Us Weekly. The magazine
reported that Lopez retreated to a private booth with
her new boy toy, dancer Oscar Smart, where she was
seen grinding on his lap,
rubbing his head and kissing him.
This isn’t to say that
Lopez shouldn’t have a
good time now that she’s
single and on the prowl.
She gets a hearty “you go,
girl!” for that. But she
should do so within reason.
And, for God’s sake, leave
your endorsements of Fiat
for the commercials.

We do not
stop playing
because we
are old, We
grow old
because we stop playing.
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1 oz.
Scientists from the
University of
Barcelona found
that eating nuts is
linked to higher
levels of
serotonin, which
decreases appetite
and could help get
rid of belly fat.
Just one ounce
(approx 30 grams)
a day of raw
walnuts, hazelnuts
or almonds can
boost happiness
and heart health.
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After making fun of Taylor
Lautner’s hot physique,
his svelte Twilight co-stars
Kristen
Stewart
and
Robert Pattinson admitted
going “nuts” working out
for their Breaking Dawn
bikini scene. Lautner, on
the other hand, had to go
shirtless for the previous
installments, sticking to
an
intense
regimen
throughout the saga —
who’s laughing now?

His workout
Lautner’s trademark is his
washboard abs.
“His Twilight body was
perfect but it wasn’t symmetrical,” Jordan Yuam,
his trainer throughout the
entire series says. “He was
so buff he almost looked
cartoonish, but everything was based on the
moment he took off his
shirt.”
When he wasn’t filming, Taylor’s body was 10
to 12 per cent but for Twilight, Yuam would bring it
down to seven per cent.
“Taylor’s always up for
a challenge, he’s so focused and disciplined.
We’d meet up four times a
week to chisel away fat,”

Yuam said.
In order to get Taylor
ready for his role as
ripped werewolf Jacob,
Yuam used a combination
of classic moves including
hanging leg raises and reverse crunches to define
his muscles.

The (super) power
“I got Taylor on the power
plate,” says Yuam. “It’s instrumental to my work as
I use it to create muscle
and for post workout recovery.”
He admits that he uses
the Power Plate “more
than ever” to sculpt his
clients’ bodies. It’s highspeed workout as vibrations (around 1,000 per
minute) are transferred to
your muscles causing
them to contract as a reflex action. This creates
internal heat that increases circulation, oxygenates
blood flow around the
body, flushes out toxins
stored in fat cells and lactic acid.
“Working out is about
recovery and the plate
loosens up your stabilizers
so you don’t get sore. The
idea isn’t to do thousands
of reps; 25 is enough (12
minutes on the plate). I
don’t believe in workouts
that last more than 50
minutes,” Yuam added.

Anyone have any dirty laundry? Because we have a washboard.

Wolfing food down
“Taylor isn’t naturally big.
So the key to maintaining
his frame was to make
sure he ate right pre and
post workout. Breaking
Dawn was a challenge, as
we had to overlap with his
Abduction body for which
he was doing a lot of box-

ing,” says Yuam. “He was
burning a lot of calories
and finding it hard to eat
enough.”
He devised a diet combining healthy fats, carbohydrates and protein.
“He ate simple carbohydrates, such as bananas, to
maintain glycogen levels

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and provide slow energy
release throughout the
workout as well as whey
protein blended with oatmeal to build muscle.”
And right before a
shirtless scene, Yuam
made sure he ate no fruit
and vegetables. Just like a
real werewolf.

The Truth
About Salt
The Salt Institute, an
American
organization
that represents salt companies, is getting the message out that sodium is a
nutrient that’s essential
for good health. But wait a
second; isn’t salt a bad
thing? Best Health associate editor Lisa Hannam
went to the Heart and

Stroke Foundation of
Canada and asked them to
clarify things.
“Sodium does help to
maintain cell balance and
fluid volume in the body,”
says Carol Dombrow, registereddietitian and nutrition consultant for the
Heart and Stroke Foundation's Health Check food
program.
Salt,
in
proper
amounts, keeps the body
well hydrated and cells
functioning properly. Athletes and very active

adults may have to increase their sodium intake
to compensate for how
much they lose through
sweat.
However, says Dombrow, “most people don’t
need to worry about under-consuming sodium.
Canadians are eating way
too much.”
A diet high in sodium
has been linked to hypertension, or high blood
pressure. The adult upper
limit for sodium intake
per day is 2,300 mil-

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ligrams — which is less
than half a teaspoon —
but an adequate intake to
maintain good health is
1,500 milligrams. Dombrow adds that, generally
speaking, you won’t need
to add salt to your meals
to make sure you are getting enough, because sodium occurs naturally in
many foods.
And a little goes a long
way.
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JUST DO IT. Why should we
try to learn something
new every day?
Its good for you, it
boosts your confidence,
makes you more adaptable and better able to
cope with life.
It keeps your mind active
and
stimulated,
makes your more interesting, and expands your
social horizons.
This is the means by
which you will grow and
develop.
Get
uncomfortable

one step at a time, slowly
stretching beyond your
comfort zones.
When you challenge
yourself to try something
new you feel a sense of
accomplishment
and
awe.
So begin today. Emphasize the trying, not
the succeeding.
You will surprise yourself of how great you will
feel.
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evidenced by its 20-year track record.
Over that time, more than 35 million
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(myopia), far-sightedness (hyperopia)
and astigmatism (irregular curvature of
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The few reports of glare and halos at
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thanks to technological advances.
You may be a good candidate for
laser eye surgery even if your prescription isn’t stable. Past prescription
changes are not a good predictor of future changes and do not help deliver
more predictable or safer results.
Another misconception is that the
surgery is an unaffordable luxury. When
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will likely find that LASIK is more economical in the long term.
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relationships

metronews.ca
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011

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If someone you know lost their job, try not to draw unnecessary attention to the situation.

JOB LOSS CAN BE A TOUCHY SUBJECT
I recently ran into a friend
who I know has been ﬁred
from his job. I was very
uncomfortable and had no
idea what to say, which
made things even worse and
awkward. What should I
have said or done? – Jane

In these economic times
most Canadians know of a
friend, family member
and/or neighbour who has
had to deal with unemployment.
Don’t judge or lecture.
These days, job loss is due
to the economic times
rather than the person’s
fault. So how do we deal
with this? Be kind, gracious and don’t draw un-

necessary attention to the
uncomfortable situation.
Personally, what I have
done in these cases is to either not bring it up and focus on something else like,
“How are the kids doing?”
or, “I know you love football, what did you think of
the game last Sunday?”

However, if you do feel
it appropriate to bring up
the situation, I would
much rather say something like “How are you
doing since you left your
job?”
We all know the person
may have been let go, but
you don’t need to add salt
to the wound, and this
shows that you care and
are being sensitive.
Remember that etiquette is how you make
others feel. Making others
feel comfortable by being
kind and gracious is always the right thing to do.
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YOU’RE SEXY AND
YOU DON’T KNOW IT
Hi, I just turned 30 and it’s
been a couple of years since
I’ve dated. I didn’t date mostly because of my weight,
which I’m now starting to
work on. I’m really social,
have lots of friends and people do compliment my looks
despite this, but I’m still
freaked out about getting
close to someone. I am interested (secretly) in one of my
best buddies. He’d be great to
go out with, but the problem
is I know that he’s a superﬁcial guy and wouldn’t see me
that way. I’m worried that
he’s not the only one, and
that I’m only eligible for
weirdos. Help?
– Dateless
Andrea: Dear Secret Hottie,

It’s pretty hard to be
successful, loved and happy when you see yourself
as the pits, isn’t it?
First step is to get rid of
that mentality. If you want
to open up emotionally
and date again, you can’t
settle for less than a 10,
not the other way around.

TWO SISTERS

ANDREA & CLAIRE
RELATIONSHIPS@METRONEWS.CA

To attract that kind of
guy, practice. Just like exercise for the body, whatever makes you feel
gorgeous, vibrant and alive
needs to be part of your
daily routine.
The second you start
thinking negatively, catch
yourself and consider alternatives.
Changing your mental
chatter will help open up
doors you didn’t know existed.

the fact that you’re working on it is excellent.
My sister is pretty wise
for a 20-something who
chose to live in one of the
coldest cities on the planet
(yay Calgary!), and she’s
right: Whatever makes
you feel gorgeous, strong
and happy must become
part of your life until the
day it dawns on you that
you are gorgeous, strong
and happy.
And remember that
most people are so worried
about their own deficiencies that they barely notice
those of others.
I have fallen for men
who were less than lovely
to look at simply because
they were damn smart,
damn funny and had no
idea they were verging on
damn ugly — and ugly you
are not. Keep us posted.
You already sound gorgeous.
TWO SISTERS, 20-SOMETHING AN-

Claire: Dear Secret Hottie,

DREA AND 30-SOMETHING CLAIRE,

You haven’t told us how
overweight you are, but

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Professors get $1.6M backing to fight bullying
Two Canadian university
professors are putting their
heads together to come up
with practical advice to
help deal with bullying.
The project is being led
by Professor Debra Pepler
of York University in
Toronto and Professor
Wendy Craig of Queen’s

University in Kingston,
Ont.
The two will work with
partners on 10 projects designed to bridge the gap
between scientific knowledge about violence prevention and practice in the
community.
Strategies, tools and ma-

terials will be widely distributed throughout Canada, with the help of 40
other youth-serving organi-

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zations.
Bullying has become a
hot topic among youth, educators and parents, with

many recent incidents
making news, including
some that resulted in suicide.
The four-year, $1.6-million initiative is being
funded by the Network of
Centres of Excellence.
“Research
findings
about violence prevention

are not getting to adults involved in children’s lives,
such as parents, teachers
and recreation leaders,”
said Pepler.
“Young people also need
this knowledge to prevent
violence and promote
healthy relationships.”
THE CANADIAN PRESS

ONLINE LEARNING BECOMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF ALL COLLEGE COURSES
PRACTICAL COURSES
For colleges, practical courses are booming. Ontario
Learn reports strong growth in nursing, library science and apprentice courses such as electricians.
The courses require an in-person element, but much
of the work can be done virtually. Organizations
like the Canadian Virtual University (cvu-uvc.ca)
expand the reach of academic online learning.

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Mount Royal University Continuing Education offers gift
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Gift certificates can be
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wood, my friend and I
thought we would pop by
for a bite to eat.
After reading through
the offerings, most of
which were only nine dollars, I settled for their
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My friend ordered the

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I should of ordered it too,
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plate.

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help and kids who are still
dependent.
But many who are
younger than boomers find
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They’re twins, 37 and very
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in Nova Scotia.
The twins admit they are
“kind of bad” with money.
But they are torn between
helping their parents who
have little savings and their
own financial demands.
Dawn has twice increased her credit limit to
send money to their parents and Mariah has just
flown their brother to Vancouver to live with her until
he gets a job.
Neither is contributing
to their kids’ RESPs and
both are considering stopping RRSP contributions for
a couple of years.
They asked me for advice. Here it is. Whoa!
I told Mariah and Dawn
to imagine they are on an
airplane with their kids and
the cabin depressurizes.
According to pre-flight
instructions, they should
put on their own masks
and then help the children.

But it’s hard to do when
you are fearful for your
kids’ lives. You naturally
want to help them first.
However, the fact is that
if you don’t take care of
yourself you may not be capable of helping your kids.
The same is true of money.
Mariah and Dawn
should focus on putting
their own financial houses
in order first. Unless their
brother has some kind of
health problem he can fend
for himself.
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plan is in place for the future including the possibility
of
downsizing,
assembling
community
supports, applying for seniors housing and creating a
thorough budget so the
twins know exactly where
their parents stand. Mariah
and Dawn must concentrate on their own financial
health first.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins
would have accepted an average Sidney Crosby in his
first game in nearly 11
months — a routine performance, a regular night
at the office.
Instead, they got the extraordinary.
Crosby
scored
the
game’s first goal on his first
shot since Jan. 5, scored
again in the third period
and added two assists during the NHL’s most-awaited
comeback game since
Mario Lemieux’s return in
2000 as the Penguins
roughed up the New York
Islanders 5-0 last night.
“I saw for a few seconds
they were a little flat-footed,” Crosby said of his first
goal. “I was able to get
some good speed built up
when I got it. I knew I had a
chance to go wide.”
No one in the hockey
world knew exactly what to
expect as its biggest star
played his first game in 321
days following a prolonged
layoff with a concussion
that caused him considerable discomfort for months.
But few probably expected
him to be this good, this
fast, this dominant.
This much like the Crosby of old.
Even the score was the
same as when Lemieux returned from a 44-month retirement to collect a goal
and two assists against the
Toronto Maple Leafs on
Dec. 27, 2000.
The Penguins, already
one of the NHL’s top teams,
now have a superstar looking just like the player who
was dominating the NHL

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011

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sports
Sports in brief

Sidney Crosby scores his ﬁrst goal of the year on his ﬁrst shot against
New York Islanders goaltender Anders Nilsson last night in Pittsburgh.

scoring race at this time a
year ago, when Crosby was
on pace for the league’s
highest scoring total in 15
years before he was hurt.
Crosby was the fastest
player on the ice from the
very start of a memorable
night.
And who could have
scripted this any better —
Crosby grabbed a Pascal
Dupuis pass in stride on his
third shift, accelerated to
the net and, while fending
off defenceman Andrew
MacDonald, lifted a back-

“I’ve never been
away from hockey
for that long, so
I’m just excited to
play again.”
SIDNEY CROSBY, BEFORE
LAST NIGHT’S GAME

hander under the crossbar
5:24 into the game. Islanders rookie Anders Nilsson, in his first NHL start,
never had a chance.
It never got any better after that for New York,

which dropped its 12th
game in its last 14 and its
13th in a row in Pittsburgh.
For Crosby, and the firstplace Penguins, it couldn’t
have gone much better.
He also took a few hard
hits — the kind that can’t
be handed out in practice
— with Travis Hamonic
shoving him in the end
boards during the first period. Crosby quickly jumped
up, not shaken a bit.
“I was mad at myself for
putting myself in that position,” Crosby said. “(But)

I’m glad I kind of got that
over with too early on.
There’s going to be more
hits and probably harder
ones.”
The
standing-room
crowd of 18,571 in the Consol Energy Center was predictably
loud
and
supportive, holding up Welcome Back Sid signs by the
thousands while chanting
“Crosby, Crosby” as a huge
No. 87 was displayed on the
scoreboard before the opening faceoff.

Seattle Mariners
outfielder Greg
Halman was
stabbed to death
early yesterday,
police said, cutting
short the life and
career of one of the
few Dutchmen to
make it into Major
League Baseball.
His club and
baseball officials
hailed the 24-yearold Halman as a
man with a passion
for the game and
for instilling it in
youngsters.

Jeff Carter had two goals,
Curtis Sanford made 27
saves and the Columbus
Blue Jackets beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 last night
for their first winning
streak in 42 games.
Antoine Vermette and
Rick Nash also scored, and
Vinny Prospal added three
assists for the Blue Jackets,
who improved to 3-1-1 in
their last five games, and
2-0-1 in those games with
the red-hot Sanford.

we’re a team that wins
one, loses one because
we’re having a hard time
holding that emotion, that
intensity you need to have
to win hockey games in
the
National
Hockey
League on a game-to-game
basis.”
Mark Giordano scored
for Calgary, which was
seeking a third straight
win. Backup Henrik Karlsson made 26 stops.
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“There’s probably a degree of truth or
reality to that statement,” said Todd
Millar, president of Hockey Calgary.
“Clearly there’s a passion to the game.
It’s Canada’s game and we all love it. We
almost start craving for it in the offseason. We can’t wait to see the puck
drop again.”
In Winnipeg, an increase in minor
hockey registration numbers is inevitable
with the Jets back in the fold once again.

“There’s no doubt that over the few
years I think we’ll see more growth,”
said Don McIntosh, president of Hockey
Winnipeg.
McIntosh has some words of advice
for those lucky enough to see the Jets
play home games at the MTS Centre in
Winnipeg.
“It’s just been crazy here,” he said.
“Everyone’s warned to take earplugs.”
While those born in Canada seemingly
get inundated with hockey knowledge at a
young age, many others families that move
here also pick up a love for the game.
It’s paramount for us as custodians of
the game to continue to find ways to
educate and introduce the game,” Millar
said. “I would suggest that it’s not just a
Canadian game … that if people are
exposed to it, it’s an easy game to fall in
love with. Once we get them on the ice
and playing it, they too fall in love with it.
McIntosh agreed with his Calgarian
counterpart that since population
demographics are changing that minor
hockey associations have to adapt as well.
“Our goal, we talk about it a lot, is to
attract those kids,” McIntosh said.
Both Winnipeg and Calgary have
adopted strong policies regarding respect
in sport.
“We did it … to create an environment
for participants here regardless of their
background,” McIntosh said.
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RESPECT IN SPORT
For the second straight year,
hockey parents in Calgary who
hadn’t already done so were
required to take the online
Respect in Sport exam.
At least one parent with a
player in any age category from
Timbits to Junior B were required
to have Respect in Sport
certification by Oct. 15.
The Respect in Sport Parent
Program is presented as an online
curriculum. The one-hour
program, which is designed to
reinforce a parent’s role in a
child’s activities, includes audio
and visual presentations.
In addition to providing parents
with tools to evaluate their own
behaviour, the RIS program
provides information on a
parent’s natural influence over his
or her child.

NFL
NFL—Fined New York Jets coach Rex Ryan
$75,000 for using profanity while angrily responding to a fan at halftime of New York’s
loss to New England on No. 13.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed LB Eddie Jones to
the practice squad. Released LB Ricky Sapp
from the practice squad.

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